Guy Newton - Border Regiment, 19th Indian Division
We had the privelage to meet Mr Guy Newton at the Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival in 2012 and again in 2013.
Guy took part in the capture of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay and graciously allowed us to hold a piece of the Fort wall he has kept all these years as a souvenir of the battle, as well as the Japanese prayer flag amongst other items he owns.
The battle is described in detail on the 6th Gurkhas web site . http://www.6thgurkhas.org/website/regiment-battles/battle-of-mandalay
Thank you for the time you gave us and allowing us to share in your memoirs.
Guy took part in the capture of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay and graciously allowed us to hold a piece of the Fort wall he has kept all these years as a souvenir of the battle, as well as the Japanese prayer flag amongst other items he owns.
The battle is described in detail on the 6th Gurkhas web site . http://www.6thgurkhas.org/website/regiment-battles/battle-of-mandalay
Thank you for the time you gave us and allowing us to share in your memoirs.
Mr Charles Canham - Royal Artillery
We previously met Mr Charles Canham in 2011 whilst displaying at Ramsey 1940's event, we had the honour to meet him once more at the Festival of the Forties event near Peterborough in 2013 and again this year (2014).
Charles was recruited in the Royal Artillery and served in the Burma campaign with 4 Corps HQ. 17th Division and 23rd Division.
He also served with the 4\10th Gurkhas for 3 months when his division ran out of ammunition and were waiting to be resupplied.
Mr Canham still remains active with the Royal Artillery Association, it is always an honour to meet with him.
Thank you for the time you spent with us and allowing us to share in some of your memoirs.
Charles was recruited in the Royal Artillery and served in the Burma campaign with 4 Corps HQ. 17th Division and 23rd Division.
He also served with the 4\10th Gurkhas for 3 months when his division ran out of ammunition and were waiting to be resupplied.
Mr Canham still remains active with the Royal Artillery Association, it is always an honour to meet with him.
Thank you for the time you spent with us and allowing us to share in some of your memoirs.
Mr Charles Billers- Royal Air Force
Mr Charles Billers is another of our local veterans who served with the RAF during the Burma campaign.
Mr Billers is always keen to impart his knowledge and stories of his time and actions on the Burma front, including inspecting the members of the group with his wry tongue in cheek humour " Make sure you check your boots for scorpions boys"!!
Mr Billers is always keen to impart his knowledge and stories of his time and actions on the Burma front, including inspecting the members of the group with his wry tongue in cheek humour " Make sure you check your boots for scorpions boys"!!
Lance Cpl Benson Nkonde - Northern Rhodesia Regiment
Lance Cpl Nkonde is one of five known surviving members of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment still living in Zambia (Northern Rhodesia).
L Cpl Nkonde is one of 324,000 men from the East and Central African territories who joined the KAR (Kings African Rifles) and Northern Rhodesia Regiments during WW2.
These proud African soldiers acheived battle honours in Abyssinia, British & Italian Somali-land, Madagascar, the Middle East and Burma as well as post war Malaya.
L Cpl Nkonde served in many theatres including Egypt, Ethipoia \ Somali-land, and Burma and was lucky to have survived a bayonette wound to the chest whilst fighting the Germans in North Africa.
Further information on the KAR can be found here;
http://www.medalofkar.com/veterans/
L Cpl Nkonde is one of 324,000 men from the East and Central African territories who joined the KAR (Kings African Rifles) and Northern Rhodesia Regiments during WW2.
These proud African soldiers acheived battle honours in Abyssinia, British & Italian Somali-land, Madagascar, the Middle East and Burma as well as post war Malaya.
L Cpl Nkonde served in many theatres including Egypt, Ethipoia \ Somali-land, and Burma and was lucky to have survived a bayonette wound to the chest whilst fighting the Germans in North Africa.
Further information on the KAR can be found here;
http://www.medalofkar.com/veterans/
Warrant Officer Daimon Mwete - Northern Rhodesia Regiment
WO Daimon Mwete joined the British army with the Northern Rhodesia Regiment in 1939.
One of the bravest men of Kings African Rifles. He fought Rommels German Africa Korps in North Africa, he was nearly killed by a German soldier charging at him. He went on to fight the Italian army in Somiland before being sent to Ceylon to train to fight mighty Japanese Imperial Army in Burma.
He was a peace keeper soldier in Tokyo Japan after the Japanese surrender in 1945. And finally fought against the Chinese Communists in Malaya in the mid 1950s.
He retired from the army in 1964, and was forgotten about. Today he is a lonely old veteran who struggles to make even a basic living to feed himself.
Warrant Officer Mwete is pictured with our good friend Jonathan Kruger who supports the surviving veterans in Zambia.
http://www.medalofkar.com/veterans/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=76
One of the bravest men of Kings African Rifles. He fought Rommels German Africa Korps in North Africa, he was nearly killed by a German soldier charging at him. He went on to fight the Italian army in Somiland before being sent to Ceylon to train to fight mighty Japanese Imperial Army in Burma.
He was a peace keeper soldier in Tokyo Japan after the Japanese surrender in 1945. And finally fought against the Chinese Communists in Malaya in the mid 1950s.
He retired from the army in 1964, and was forgotten about. Today he is a lonely old veteran who struggles to make even a basic living to feed himself.
Warrant Officer Mwete is pictured with our good friend Jonathan Kruger who supports the surviving veterans in Zambia.
http://www.medalofkar.com/veterans/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=76